A number of years ago I stumbled upon an article that suggested that a certain name-brand sugar-free lemonade, what I affectionately call fake lemonade, may be helpful in the prevention of kidney stones. Hint: it rhymes with ‘pistol fight‘. Like most people who get lost in the Internet, I moved on to something else and […]
I do not like them in a plane, I do not like them in a train, I do not like kidney stones, I do not like them Sam-I-Am. (apologies to the late great Theodor Geisel, a/k/a Dr. Seuss) A kidney stone can sneak up on you at any time. For me, thanks to my body’s […]
When it comes to over-the-counter kidney stone remedies, Uriflow is one of the oldest. It has been around since at least 2006 and has proven to be a fairly popular product. It has many distribution channels and can be purchased from numerous websites, including eBay and Amazon. So how well does it compare to Clear […]
When I was first diagnosed with a kidney stone and medullary sponge kidney, like most people I started searching the Internet for more information and what I could do to prevent kidney stones. I found a lot of information, sometimes contradictory and sometimes just plain bad. The Internet is full of information about kidney stone […]
A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon a kidney stone health site, KidneyStoners.org . It is a pretty interesting and informative website, but the best thing about the site is how they refer to people with kidney stones. Whenever I write about people who suffer from kidney stones, I have trouble referring to our […]
Phyllanthus niruri is what I call a miracle plant and I do not think that is an overstatement, at least as far as we ‘kidney stoners‘ are concerned. I have experienced first-hand the power of this simple plant in the fight against kidney stones. My team thinks that I am obsessed with Phyllanthus niruri, and […]
Distilled water is, in my opinion, the best water you can drink when it comes to kidney stone prevention. I don’t work for a company that produces or sells water distillers, or distilled water for that matter. I just know what I have learned from research and personal experience. In case you don’t know, distilled […]